Wandering the Heavens

Chapter 397 New 3 Kingdoms 37

After seeing off the Ma family, Yu Xian hurried to Xu County. Cao Pi and Cao Zhi were not important. The current task was to do something to Cao Chong to save his life.

By then, Cao Pi wouldn't be able to release a mouse, and even a tiger wouldn't be able to kill it.

When the news of Cao Ang's death in an attack reached Xu County, Mrs. Ding felt like the sky was falling. A good child was gone on a long journey. If he died on the battlefield, it would not be a big deal, but it was Cao Cao's fault.

So on the day she received the letter from Cao Ren, she packed up her things and took Qinghe back to her parents' home. She originally planned to go back alone, but the night before she left, she dreamed that she married a loser and ended up alone in an empty house, so she gritted her teeth and took her with her.

When the news of Mrs. Ding's return to her parents' home spread back to Jingzhou, Cao Cao felt that the matter was serious, so he quickly handed over the defense of Jingzhou to Cao Ren, packed up his things and rushed back to Xu County with a group of generals and advisers.

Of course, I didn’t forget to bring that group of beautiful girls along.

Outside the city of Xiangyang, Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan looked at Cao Cao's grand ceremonial procession and team, and then thought of the dozens of people who had escorted Cao Ang and Dian Wei's coffins away, and they felt really bad.

"Miaocai, why did we follow him in the first place?"

"You're out of your mind!" Xiahou Yuan hasn't had a good time these days.

"You two, please be careful with your words!" Xun Yu said in a low voice while standing behind them.

"Mr. Wen Ruo? You haven't left yet?"

Everyone else followed Cao Cao's carriage away, but why is Xun Yu still here?

"I still have half a day before I set out." Xun Yu sighed as he looked at the troops in the distance: "It is well known that the lord likes young women, but I didn't expect that it would cause such a big disaster and implicate the eldest son and General Dian Wei."

"Xun Wenruo, you just told us to be careful with our words, why are you gossiping now?" Xiahou Yuan rolled his eyes.

"I'm sorry, I spoke too quickly."

Xun Yu hurriedly waved his hand and fled, leaving Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan confused there.

The situation in Jingzhou eased as Cao Cao left and his army switched from offense to defense, and the focus turned to Liu Bei and Sun Quan.

Only Sun Quan, Zhang Zhao and Lu Su knew the truth about marrying Sun Shangxiang to Liu Bei. Their plan was to trick Liu Bei into coming over, and at best kill him, or at worst put him under house arrest in Jiangdong to threaten Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhuge Liang.

When Liu Bei, Jian Yong and Sun Qian arrived in Nanxu, they first brought gifts to visit the father of the two Qiao sisters, Qiao Gong, and told them that they came to Jiangdong to marry Sun Xiaomei. They also purchased betrothal gifts in the city with great fanfare, making the matter known to everyone.

After seeing Liu Bei off, Qiao Guolao ran to congratulate Wu Guotai. The old lady wondered what good news they were going to celebrate. Qiao Guolao said, "Your daughter was promised to Liu Huangshu as his wife. Now Liu Xuande's men have come. Why did you hide it from everyone?"

The old lady suddenly became excited and asked, "How come I haven't heard of this?" She immediately asked someone to find Sun Quan to ask about the situation and sent people to the city to inquire about it.

Sun Quan did not come, but the servant who was sent out to inquire came back first and said that the story was true, and the people had already settled in the post house, and the hundreds of people they brought were shopping for betrothal gifts in the city to prepare for the wedding. The matchmakers of both sides were also discussing and preparing for the wedding celebration in the post house. When the old lady heard this, she was so excited that she almost fainted.

Soon Sun Quan came to pay his respects, and the old lady burst into tears.

"Mother is so sad, is there something wrong?"

"What do you take me for? What did my sister tell you when she died?" The old lady asked while stammering as she took a deep breath.

"Mother, please tell me clearly what you want to say. I really don't know what I have done wrong."

Sun Quan felt a headache seeing the old lady trying to commit suicide, and he didn't know what had made her unhappy.

"It is common sense that men should get married when they are old enough and women should get married when they are old enough. I am your mother, you should have told me about this. Why did you hide it from me and recruit Liu Xuande as your son-in-law? I am my younger sister's biological mother!" The old lady said and started crying again.

"Mother, where did you hear this?" Sun Quan thought that the plan might have been leaked.

"If you don't want others to know, then you better not do it. Everyone in the city knows about it. Except for me, an old lady, who is kept in the dark!" The old lady pounded the table in front of her and cried.

"I have known about this for several days and came here specially to congratulate you." Mr. Qiao said with a beaming face.

"Mother, Uncle Qiao misunderstood. This was Zhang Zhao's idea. He wanted to control Liu Bei and seize Jingzhou, so he tricked him into coming to Jiangdong and imprisoned him here. He threatened Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to surrender, and if they didn't listen, he would kill Liu Bei. This was a ruse, not a real plan to marry my little sister to Liu Bei."

Sun Quan was so heartless that he revealed his secrets, but it made the old lady so angry that she was fuming.

"You controlled the six counties and eighty-one states in Jiangdong, yet you wanted to use my daughter to seduce me. If you kill Liu Bei, she will be a widow. How can she get married in the future? This will ruin her life. You two bastards!"

"If we seize Jingzhou in this way, we will inevitably be ridiculed by the world. How can we make such a despicable plan!" Mr. Qiao shook his head and sighed.

Sun Quan was so angry at the old man and the old woman that he lost his temper. Now everyone knew that Liu Bei wanted to marry his sister. If he acted recklessly, people would criticize him and he would never be able to get rid of the label of being a rat in Jiangdong.

Seeing that Sun Quan didn't dare to speak, the old lady started to curse Zhang Zhao from a distance. In the end, Mr. Qiao said that since things had come to this point, they could only accept Liu Xuande as their son-in-law.

Sun Quan felt that the age gap between them was too big and they had no common language, so it would be difficult for them to get along after marriage.

Mr. Qiao said that he had met Liu Bei and that he was a good person.

The old lady decided to meet Liu Bei at Ganlu Temple tomorrow. If she liked this son-in-law, she would accept the marriage; if not, Sun Quan would do whatever he wanted, whether it was steamed or braised, and she would not interfere.

After Sun Quan fooled the old lady and Mr. Qiao and let them leave, he quickly called Zhang Zhao to ask what to do.

Zhang Zhao said it was easy. He had already ambushed people in Ganlu Temple in advance and as soon as they saw the old lady was unhappy, they would immediately capture Liu Bei.

Yu Xian did not go to Ganlu Temple to join in the fun, because Liu Bei was too shabby, and the old lady must have had poor eyesight to choose him as her son-in-law.

Regardless, the marriage was finalized, but something went wrong when entering the bridal chamber.

Sun Shangxiang usually liked to wield swords and guns, and on her wedding night she was no exception. The room was filled with swords and guns, and even the maids who served her had swords hanging around their waists.

Liu Bei didn't know what was going on. After drinking a few glasses of wine at the wedding banquet, he suddenly felt excited and rushed to the bridal chamber. When he opened the door and saw this scene, he was immediately stunned and couldn't get up from it.

To be honest, Liu Bei had fought for many years and had been defeated many times, but he had the courage and determination to survive the sea of blood and corpses. However, he was frightened by a room full of weapons and couldn't even get up. This was extremely strange.

However, any man would be too embarrassed to mention such things, and could only swallow his anger and pretend to be strong in front of others. Life is quite frustrating.